Court House At Bay City To Be Opened Friday
Day Will Be Turned Over To Visitors; Shrine Ball In Evening

Matagorda county's new court house will be
formally turned over to the public next Friday, February 8th,
according to a recent order of the commissioners' court.

The day will be set aside for all visitors who
wish to see the new building and its many improvements from the
inside. At night a public dance, sponsored by the Bay City Shriners,
will be given in the district court room. Many visitors from
neighboring towns are expected to attend the ball, as the county
boasts of an exceptionally large number of Shriners.

The new court house looms up well from the
outside, but the real improvement over the old conditions is to be
found on the inside, where old dilapidated, "crampy" offices have
been turned into roomy, airy and well-lighted working apartments for
the officers.

New floors, new stairways, and new walls greet
the eye of the visitor from all parts of the building, while the
heating and sanitary conditions have been vastly improved.
Incidentally, a gas line is now being run to the court house from
the postoffice, 7th street line.

The contractors have been handicapped from the
very outset by continued bad weather, the delay of material in
arriving and many other vexations, but unavoidable things, but they
hammered through and are now able to turn the new building over to
the commissioners, who, in turn, will dedicate it to the people and
the service of the county next Friday.

The Tribune has not received any formal
program from a committee on arrangements and, at this time, is
unable to say just what will be the order of the day. If a program
has been formulated, it has not been given out for publication.
Perhaps the committee will hand it out to the press later on in the
week.--Bay City Tribune.